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skipping stones, we know the price now
any sin will do
how much further, if you can spin?
how much further, if you are smooth?
- Indigo Girls, "Kid Fears"
She works it out, gradually, painfully. You have to know what they want you to say, but that’s not enough; you have to mean it.
(Or: The life and times of Cassandra Johanna von Musel Klossowski de Rolo.)
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29 Jul 2018
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“I may not have a quarter of your talent or your knowledge in this realm, Hamilton; I wholly concede your expertise in the magical arts. But also I know you, and it has become increasingly clear to me that something is the matter, and my conscience, and my great esteem for your skill and its essential place in this Army, compel me to offer whatever aid I may, in the spirit of friendship.”
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13 Sep 2017
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gently up shit's creek by Kisatsel
Fandoms: Hamilton - Miranda, American Revolution RPF, 18th Century CE RPF
28 Jan 2016
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“I’ve come to state once more my request for a field command--” The general’s eyes narrowed. “--and to discuss my role in the campaign more generally. Now that my talents must be applied outside the family, so to speak.”
Of course.
“Now that you’ve quit my staff, you mean,” the general said.
“Yes,” Hamilton said. “As you say, sir.”
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Follow Me If You Dare by Kerjen for ilovealexkingston, GrumpyJenn
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)
07 Aug 2013
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That woman with the wild curls would need an army to win this. Little did he know, River Song has one.
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22 Sep 2015
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A Modern day Merlin AU set at the University of St Andrews, featuring teetotal kickboxers, secret wizards, magnificent bodyguards of various genders, irate fairies, imprisoned dragons, crumbling gothic architecture, arrogant princes, adorable engineering students, stolen gold, magical doorways, attempted assassination, drunken students, shaving foam fights, embarrassing mornings after, The Hammer Dance, duty, responsibility, friendship and true love...
This story was inspired by the thought of Prince William of Wales (and indeed the current Max von Hapsburg) studying at the University of St Andrews; it is also, as the title suggests, at least a little inspired by the operetta 'The Student Prince'.
Grateful thanks to Lamardeuse and DarkEmeralds for Beta and cheerleading!
::2019 note: This story was written BEFORE the TV show introduced the character of Gwaine. It's not that I can't spell, or that I'm perversely writing him out of character - I incorporated other characters from Arthurian legend (Kay, Gawain etc) into my story, and lacking prophetic abilities, my versions naturally don't mesh with the versions subsequently introduced into the show.::
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- Part 1 of The student prince
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21 Mar 2014
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He Says He Is An Experimental Theologian by ErinPtah
Fandoms: Welcome to Night Vale, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
05 Feb 2021
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Ever since Carlos was little, he and his daemon have been fans of Dr. Lyra Belacqua. Both as the most groundbreaking experimental theologian of the 20th century, and as the heroine of dozens of fantasy-adventure children's stories (based very loosely on her own mysterious childhood).
But Lyra's true legacy is still bigger than Carlos ever imagined...until he took a team of scholars to study Rusakov particles in the most theologically interesting community in Hispania Nova. Now his own day-to-day life is full of things like angels, witches, hooded spectres, portals between worlds, vague yet menacing branches of the Magisterium, and a man who walks around without his daemon and can read an alethiometer as easily as a stop sign.
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- Part 1 of Republic of Heaven Community Radio
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12 Mar 2014
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Katabasis by orphan_account
Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
28 Jan 2014
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After the Battle of Five Armies, Bilbo lies as still as death, and no earthly force will wake him. When a ghostly apparition offers Thorin the chance to recover Bilbo's absent spirit from the underworld, he accepts without hesitation.
So begins the second Quest of Thorin's lifetime.
Through half-remembered dreams and terrifying nightmares, beyond strange worlds to stranger shores, the Heirs of Durin will tirelessly, doggedly search for their burglar.
This is their task, their penance: find Bilbo, or else be condemned to wander forever more, never to return home.
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11 Mar 2014
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Merlin and Arthur switch bodies; complications ensue.
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14 Jan 2014
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Arthur was tipped back against the wall, his mouth open for breath and staring at the small arrow-slit window over Merlin's head, trying to work out how it could possibly be that good with Merlin, of all people.
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- Part 14 of Merlin works
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12 Jan 2014
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In which dragons & ghosts & prejudices are confronted, Merlin wears a hat (twice) and a dress (once), Arthur breaks some crockery (lots), there are more pranks than pillowfights but at least one of each, and many secrets are revealed.
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11 Jan 2014
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One accident changes Arthur's life forever. Now he is living with an amnesiac housemate in a crumbling cabin in a town so small most maps forget. He isn't sure which is more troubling, the fact he is deeply attracted to someone who might possibly have a family waiting for him, or the odd things which seem to keep happening ever since they met.
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11 Jan 2014
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"I don't think I'm built for dancing," Merlin said carefully. "I'm fairly sure I don't have enough legs."
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09 Jan 2014
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Merlin's been acting off lately; Arthur blames it on a secret addiction. What kind of addiction, he doesn't know, but he's determined to find out.
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09 Jan 2014
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"Is that a pinball machine?"
Or, bonding over furniture.
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09 Jan 2014
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08 Jan 2014
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Arthur sometimes wished he understood what was going on in Merlin's head. He just hadn't meant literally.
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08 Jan 2014
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Merlin spent the week and a half that Arthur was gone splitting his time between crafting careful explanations that never ended up explaining the important things, the things that would make Arthur listen, and making half-baked plans to escape to Ealdor. He found a number of fire-proofing spells that would have no effect if they decided to cut his head off, and figured out how to adapt an invulnerability spell he had been trying to find a way to cast on Arthur without him noticing so that it would protect him from being decapitated, but it would have no effect on anything but metal. Despite all his frantic searching, he did not find a teleportation spell, because that would have been too simple and if there was one thing Merlin had learned in his years at Camelot, it was that nothing was ever simple.
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18 Dec 2013
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It wasn't all that unusual for people to hide their daemons; Merlin, however, seems to be taking it a little far.
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18 Dec 2013
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It takes Uther half a second to see Balinor in Merlin, and he's almost sure of what he should do.
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18 Dec 2013
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Prompt: Druids start to slowly come out of hiding, living their lives peacefully in the kingdom and even sending a diplomat or two to Camelot. After a close call or two, Merlin has to have a chat with them about not revealing Merlin's identity. While no one ever does reveal Merlin is Emrys, a lot of people start to talk about Emrys in Camelot.
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18 Dec 2013